GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NFL: SAN FRANCISCO (2-5) at ATLANTA (1-6)

NFL: SAN FRANCISCO at ATLANTA

<div class="pre">NFL
SAN FRANCISCO 16
ATLANTA 17 5:33 LEFT, 4TH QTR

SFO BALL ON SFO 11 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

NFL: SAN FRANCISCO at ATLANTA

<div class="pre">NFL
SAN FRANCISCO 16
ATLANTA 17 2:15 LEFT, 4TH QTR

ATL BALL ON SFO 15 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

NFL: SAN FRANCISCO at ATLANTA

<div class="pre">NFL TWO MINUTE WARNING, 2ND HALF

SAN FRANCISCO 16
ATLANTA 17

ATL BALL ON SFO 18 YD LINE
3RD AND 13</div>

 

NFL: SAN FRANCISCO at ATLANTA

<div class="pre">NFL FG ATL
MORTEN ANDERSEN 27 YD

SAN FRANCISCO 16
ATLANTA 20 1:10 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NFL: SAN FRANCISCO at ATLANTA

<div class="pre">NFL
SAN FRANCISCO 16
ATLANTA 20 1:10 LEFT, 4TH QTR

SFO BALL ON SFO 20 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

NFL: SAN FRANCISCO at ATLANTA

<div class="pre">NFL
SAN FRANCISCO 16
ATLANTA 20 0:09 LEFT, 4TH QTR

ATL BALL ON ATL 41 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

NFL: SAN FRANCISCO at ATLANTA

<div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
SAN FRANCISCO 7 0 6 3 16
ATLANTA 7 7 0 6 20 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER: SFO - TD, MAURICE HICKS 9 YD RUN (JOE NEDNEY
KICK), 5:50. Drive: 10 plays, 59
yards in 4:48. Key plays: A Smith
13-yard pass to Battle on
3rd-and-11 to Atlanta 32; A Smith
11-yard pass to Davis to Atlanta
21. SAN FRANCISCO 7-0
ATL - TD, WARRICK DUNN 9 YD RUN (MORTEN
ANDERSEN KICK), 10:11. Drive: 9
plays, 70 yards in 4:21. Key plays:
Harrington 23-yard pass to Jenkins
on 3rd-and-8 to San Francisco 29;
Dunn 11-yard run to San Francisco
18. SAN FRANCISCO 7-7
2ND QUARTER: ATL - TD, OVIE MUGHELLI 1 YD RUN (MORTEN
ANDERSEN KICK), 11:12. Drive: 12
plays, 42 yards in 5:55. Key plays:
Jennings 23-yard punt return to San
Francisco 42; Harrington 6-yard
pass to Horn on 4th-and-4 to San
Francisco 30; Harrington 20-yard
pass to White on 3rd-and-19 to San
Francisco 19; Norwood 9-yard run on
3rd-and-3 to San Francisco 3.
ATLANTA 14-7
3RD QUARTER: SFO - FG, JOE NEDNEY 49 YD, 2:52. Drive: 6
plays, 29 yards in 2:52. Key plays:
Koenen kickoff out of bounds puts
ball at San Francisco 40; A Smith
20-yard pass to Davis to Atlanta
36. ATLANTA 14-10
SFO - FG, JOE NEDNEY 32 YD, 7:06. Drive: 5
plays, 19 yards in 2:21. Key plays:
M Lewis 18-yard interception return
to Atlanta 33; Robinson 12-yard run
to Atlanta 21. ATLANTA 14-13
4TH QUARTER: ATL - FG, MORTEN ANDERSEN 33 YD, 0:48. Drive:
5 plays, 21 yards in 1:57. Key
plays: Stanley recovery of fumble
at San Francisco 36; Harrington
13-yard run to San Francisco 23.
ATLANTA 17-13
SFO - FG, JOE NEDNEY 22 YD, 7:04. Drive: 11
plays, 73 yards in 6:16. Key plays:
A Smith 21-yard pass to Davis on
3rd-and-4 to midfield; Hicks
14-yard run to Atlanta 30; Robnison
20-yard run to Atlanta 10. ATLANTA
17-16
ATL - FG, MORTEN ANDERSEN 27 YD, 13:50.
Drive: 4 plays, 6 yards in 1:06.
Key plays: Hall 18-yard
interception return to San
Francisco 15. ATLANTA 20-16

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<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NFL
SAN FRANCISCO 16
ATLANTA 20 FINAL</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
SAN FRANCISCO 7 0 6 3 16
ATLANTA 7 7 0 6 20 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER:

5:50 SFO - TD, MAURICE HICKS 9 YD RUN (JOE NEDNEY KICK).
Drive: 10 plays, 59 yards in 4:48.
Key plays: A Smith 13-yard pass to Battle on 3rd-and-11 to Atlanta
32; A Smith 11-yard pass to Davis to Atlanta 21. SAN FRANCISCO 7-0.
10:11 ATL - TD, WARRICK DUNN 9 YD RUN (MORTEN ANDERSEN KICK).
Drive: 9 plays, 70 yards in 4:21.
Key plays: Harrington 23-yard pass to Jenkins on 3rd-and-8 to San
Francisco 29; Dunn 11-yard run to San Francisco 18. SAN FRANCISCO 7-7.

2ND QUARTER:

11:12 ATL - TD, OVIE MUGHELLI 1 YD RUN (MORTEN ANDERSEN KICK).
Drive: 12 plays, 42 yards in 5:55.
Key plays: Jennings 23-yard punt return to San Francisco 42;
Harrington 6-yard pass to Horn on 4th-and-4 to San Francisco 30;
Harrington 20-yard pass to White on 3rd-and-19 to San Francisco 19;
Norwood 9-yard run on 3rd-and-3 to San Francisco 3. ATLANTA 14-7.

3RD QUARTER:

2:52 SFO - FG, JOE NEDNEY 49 YD.
Drive: 6 plays, 29 yards in 2:52.
Key plays: Koenen kickoff out of bounds puts ball at San Francisco
40; A Smith 20-yard pass to Davis to Atlanta 36. ATLANTA 14-10.
7:06 SFO - FG, JOE NEDNEY 32 YD.
Drive: 5 plays, 19 yards in 2:21.
Key plays: M Lewis 18-yard interception return to Atlanta 33;
Robinson 12-yard run to Atlanta 21. ATLANTA 14-13.

4TH QUARTER:

0:48 ATL - FG, MORTEN ANDERSEN 33 YD.
Drive: 5 plays, 21 yards in 1:57.
Key plays: Stanley recovery of fumble at San Francisco 36;
Harrington 13-yard run to San Francisco 23. ATLANTA 17-13.
7:04 SFO - FG, JOE NEDNEY 22 YD.
Drive: 11 plays, 73 yards in 6:16.
Key plays: A Smith 21-yard pass to Davis on 3rd-and-4 to midfield;
Hicks 14-yard run to Atlanta 30; Robnison 20-yard run to Atlanta 10.
ATLANTA 17-16.
13:50 ATL - FG, MORTEN ANDERSEN 27 YD.
Drive: 4 plays, 6 yards in 1:06.
Key plays: Hall 18-yard interception return to San Francisco 15.
ATLANTA 20-16.

SAN FRANCISCO - ATLANTA Final Statistics

TEAM STATISTICS SAN FRANCISCO ATLANTA

FIRST DOWNS 16 15
Rushing 6 8
Passing 10 7
Penalty 0 0
THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 3-13-23% 6-16-38%
FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-0-0% 1-2-50%
TOTAL NET YARDS 251 286
Total offensive plays 64 65
Average gain per play 3.9 4.4
NET YARDS RUSHING 116 155
Rushing attempts 24 39
Average gain per rush 4.8 4.0
Tackles for loss-yards 5-11 3-7
NET YARDS PASSING 135 131
Times sacked: Number-Yards 2-14 1-7
Gross passing yards 149 138
PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 38-17-3 25-14-1
Avg gain per pass play 3.4 5.0
KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 5-4-0 5-2-1
PUNTS: Number and Average 5-50.2 6-44.2
Had blocked 0 0
Net punting average 44.8 40.3
TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 45 57
Number-Yards: Punt Returns 4-27 2-23
Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 3-52 5-124
Number-Yards: Interception Returns 1-18 3-34
PENALTIES: Number-Yards 4-30 5-31
FUMBLES: Number-Lost 2-1 0-0
TOUCHDOWNS 1 2
Rushing 1 2
Passing 0 0
Interceptions 0 0
Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0
EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 1-1 2-2
Kicking: Made-Attempts 1-1 2-2
Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 3-3 2-2
FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0
RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 1-3-33% 2-4-50%
GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 1-2-50% 1-1-100%
SAFETIES 0 0
TIME OF POSSESSION 29:18 30:42


INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

SAN FRANCISCO ATLANTA

RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
M ROBINSON 17 67 3.9 20 0 W DUNN 27 100 3.7 21 1
M HICKS 7 49 7.0 17 1 J NORWOOD 6 39 6.5 13 0
J HARRINGT 4 14 3.5 13 0
O MUGHELLI 2 2 1.0 1 1

PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
A SMITH 17-38-149 3 0 21 J HARRINGT 14-25-138 1 0 23

Sacked-Yards Lost: A SMITH 2-14. Sacked-Yards Lost: J HARRINGT 1-7.

RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
V DAVIS 7 77 11.0 21 0 J HORN 4 23 5.8 7 0
A BATTLE 4 35 8.8 13 0 R WHITE 3 55 18.3 22 0
D JACKSON 2 21 10.5 12 0 M JENKINS 2 31 15.5 23 0
M ROBINSON 2 2 1.0 3 0 D BLAKELY 2 10 5.0 7 0
M NORRIS 1 11 11.0 11 0 M MILNER 2 9 4.5 9 0
M HICKS 1 3 3.0 3 0 L ROBINSON 1 10 10.0 10 0

INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
M LEWIS 1 18 18.0 18 0 D HALL 1 18 18.0 18 0
J WILLIAMS 1 11 11.0 11 0
L MILLOY 1 5 5.0 5 0

PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
A LEE 5 251 50.2 0 3 59 M KOENEN 6 265 44.2 0 2 53

T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20

PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
M LEWIS 4 27 6.8 15 0 A JENNINGS 2 23 11.5 23 0

KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
M LEWIS 3 52 17.3 24 0 J NORWOOD 4 96 24.0 30 0
A JENNINGS 1 28 28.0 28 0

KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA
---------------------------------- ----------------------------------
J NEDNEY 1/1 3/3 M ANDERSEN 2/2 2/2
Dist.: 49 32 22 Dist.: 33 27

O-D O-D
FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
A SMITH 1 1 0 0-0 J ABRAHAM 0 0 1 0-0
M ROBINSON 1 0 0 0-0 M BOLEY 0 0 1 0-0
V DAVIS 0 0 0 1-0 M STANLEY 0 0 0 0-1

DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
P WILLIS 10 8 2 1-7 M BOLEY 10 9 1 0-0
M LEWIS 6 6 0 0-0 L MILLOY 8 6 2 0-0
N CLEMENTS 5 5 0 0-0 K BROOKING 6 6 0 1-8
J ULBRICH 5 4 1 0-0 C CROCKER 5 5 0 0-0
M ROMAN 4 4 0 0-0 D HALL 4 3 1 0-0
P HARALSON 4 4 0 0-0 D WILLIAMS 4 2 2 0-0
M DOUGLAS 4 3 1 0-0 C HOUSTON 3 3 0 0-0
A FRANKLIN 4 3 1 0-0 J ABRAHAM 2 2 0 1-6
B YOUNG 3 3 0 0-0 C DAVIS 2 2 0 0-0
S SPENCER 3 3 0 0-0 J WILLIAMS 2 2 0 0-0
D SMITH 2 2 0 0-0 L SANDERS 1 1 0 0-0
D STRICKLAND 2 2 0 0-0 M STANLEY 1 1 0 0-0
T BANTA-CAIN 1 1 0 0-0 T LEWIS 1 1 0 0-0
B MOORE 1 1 0 0-0
D GOLDSON 1 1 0 0-0

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By Phil Foley
Special to PA SportsTicker


ATLANTA (Ticker) -- In a battle between two struggling clubs,the Atlanta Falcons prevailed.


Warrick Dunn found the end zone and the Atlanta defense stymiedthe San Francisco 49ers on a key drive in the fourth quarter tolead the Falcons to a 20-16 win on Sunday.


Atlanta (2-6) entered this one with the second-worst record inthe NFC, winning just one of its first seven games. Meanwhile,San Francisco (2-6) has also struggled through the 2007 campaign,dropping five straight after opening the season with a pair ofvictories.


The Atlanta defense made sure that the Niners' woes continued.With Atlanta leading 14-13, three-time Pro Bowl right end John<div class="pre">Abraham, forced a fumble after sacking 49ers quarterback Alex</div>Smith. Nose tackle Montavious Stanley recovered the miscue atthe Falcons 36.


Morten Andersen connected on a 33-yard field goal to giveAtlanta a 17-13 lead with 14:12 remaining in the fourthquarter.


San Francisco marched 77 yards on the ensuing possession, but werestymied at the 1-yard line when Lawyer Malloy tackled running backMichael Robinson on a 3rd-and-goal for a three-yard loss, forcing a22-yard field goal from Joe Nedney to cut the deficit to 17-16.

On the 49ers' next possession, Keith Brooking sacked Smith beforeDeAngelo Hall intercepted Smith. Anderson added a 27-yard field goalto seal the win.


It was a rough day for Smith, who completed 17-of-38 passes for 149yards and three interceptions.


Smith engineered a 10 play, 59-yard drive to put the 49ers onthe board. The third-year standout completed 4-of-6 passes,including a crucial 13-yard pass to Arnaz Battle on 3rd and 11to keep the drive alive before running back Maurice Hicks,playing in place of the injured Frank Gore, rumbled nine yardsover left tackle for the touchdown to give the 49ers a 7-0 leadwith 9:10 remaining in the first quarter.


But Atlanta answered right back. Dunn capped a nineplay, 70 yard drive with a touchdown with 4:41 remaining in thequarter by bouncing off tackle and streaking down the left sidefor a 9-yard touchdown. The 32-year old Dunn, who is in hissixth season with the Falcons rushed seven times for 47 yards enroute to notching his 45th career touchdown.


Dunn, who had struggled this season, rushed for 100 yards on27 carries.


The Falcons took a 14-7 lead on fullback Ovie Mughelli's1-yard touchdown scamper with 3:48 seconds remaining in thesecond quarter. It was the first touchdown as a Falcon forMughelli, who found the end zone twice in four years with theBaltimore Ravens.


The much-maligned Joey Harrington converted three times in thirdor fourth-down situations, including a 6-yard pass to widereceiver Joe Horn on 4th-and-4 to the 49ers 30 and a 20-yardcompletion to wideout Roddy White to the San Francisco 19 tokeep the drive alive.


Harrington completed 14-of-25 passes for 138 yards and aninterception.


San Francisco started the second half with two field goals byNedney, a 49 yarder and a 32 yarder to cut the deficit to14-13. Michael Lewis set up the second field goal byintercepting Harrington and scampering 18 yards to the Falcons33.


Atlanta failed to fill the Georgia Dome for the first time sinceDecember 23, 2001 vs. Buffalo, in quarterback MichaelVick's first season with the club.


With the club struggling, the club returned to the bad old dayswhen empty seats were the norm. Only 66,059 showed up to watchthe struggling Falcons in this one, snapping a 42-gameregular-season sellout streak.

 

NFL: SAN FRANCISCO at ATLANTA

<div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
SAN FRANCISCO 7 0 6 3 16
ATLANTA 7 7 0 6 20 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER:

5:50 SFO - TD, MAURICE HICKS 9 YD RUN (JOE NEDNEY KICK).
Drive: 10 plays, 59 yards in 4:48.
Key plays: A Smith 13-yard pass to Battle on 3rd-and-11 to Atlanta
32; A Smith 11-yard pass to Davis to Atlanta 21. SAN FRANCISCO 7-0.
10:11 ATL - TD, WARRICK DUNN 9 YD RUN (MORTEN ANDERSEN KICK).
Drive: 9 plays, 70 yards in 4:21.
Key plays: Harrington 23-yard pass to Jenkins on 3rd-and-8 to San
Francisco 29; Dunn 11-yard run to San Francisco 18. SAN FRANCISCO 7-7.

2ND QUARTER:

11:12 ATL - TD, OVIE MUGHELLI 1 YD RUN (MORTEN ANDERSEN KICK).
Drive: 12 plays, 42 yards in 5:55.
Key plays: Jennings 23-yard punt return to San Francisco 42;
Harrington 6-yard pass to Horn on 4th-and-4 to San Francisco 30;
Harrington 20-yard pass to White on 3rd-and-19 to San Francisco 19;
Norwood 9-yard run on 3rd-and-3 to San Francisco 3. ATLANTA 14-7.

3RD QUARTER:

2:52 SFO - FG, JOE NEDNEY 49 YD.
Drive: 6 plays, 29 yards in 2:52.
Key plays: Koenen kickoff out of bounds puts ball at San Francisco
40; A Smith 20-yard pass to Davis to Atlanta 36. ATLANTA 14-10.
7:06 SFO - FG, JOE NEDNEY 32 YD.
Drive: 5 plays, 19 yards in 2:21.
Key plays: M Lewis 18-yard interception return to Atlanta 33;
Robinson 12-yard run to Atlanta 21. ATLANTA 14-13.

4TH QUARTER:

0:48 ATL - FG, MORTEN ANDERSEN 33 YD.
Drive: 5 plays, 21 yards in 1:57.
Key plays: Stanley recovery of fumble at San Francisco 36;
Harrington 13-yard run to San Francisco 23. ATLANTA 17-13.
7:04 SFO - FG, JOE NEDNEY 22 YD.
Drive: 11 plays, 73 yards in 6:16.
Key plays: A Smith 21-yard pass to Davis on 3rd-and-4 to midfield;
Hicks 14-yard run to Atlanta 30; Robnison 20-yard run to Atlanta 10.
ATLANTA 17-16.
13:50 ATL - FG, MORTEN ANDERSEN 27 YD.
Drive: 4 plays, 6 yards in 1:06.
Key plays: Hall 18-yard interception return to San Francisco 15.
ATLANTA 20-16.

SAN FRANCISCO - ATLANTA Final Statistics

TEAM STATISTICS SAN FRANCISCO ATLANTA

FIRST DOWNS 16 15
Rushing 6 8
Passing 10 7
Penalty 0 0
THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 3-13-23% 6-16-38%
FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-0-0% 1-2-50%
TOTAL NET YARDS 251 286
Total offensive plays 64 65
Average gain per play 3.9 4.4
NET YARDS RUSHING 116 155
Rushing attempts 24 39
Average gain per rush 4.8 4.0
Tackles for loss-yards 5-11 3-7
NET YARDS PASSING 135 131
Times sacked: Number-Yards 2-14 1-7
Gross passing yards 149 138
PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 38-17-3 25-14-1
Avg gain per pass play 3.4 5.0
KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 5-4-0 5-2-1
PUNTS: Number and Average 5-50.2 6-44.2
Had blocked 0 0
Net punting average 44.8 40.3
TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 45 57
Number-Yards: Punt Returns 4-27 2-23
Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 3-52 5-124
Number-Yards: Interception Returns 1-18 3-34
PENALTIES: Number-Yards 4-30 5-31
FUMBLES: Number-Lost 2-1 0-0
TOUCHDOWNS 1 2
Rushing 1 2
Passing 0 0
Interceptions 0 0
Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0
EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 1-1 2-2
Kicking: Made-Attempts 1-1 2-2
Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 3-3 2-2
FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0
RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 1-3-33% 2-4-50%
GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 1-2-50% 1-1-100%
SAFETIES 0 0
TIME OF POSSESSION 29:18 30:42


INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

SAN FRANCISCO ATLANTA

RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
M ROBINSON 17 67 3.9 20 0 W DUNN 27 100 3.7 21 1
M HICKS 7 49 7.0 17 1 J NORWOOD 6 39 6.5 13 0
J HARRINGT 4 14 3.5 13 0
O MUGHELLI 2 2 1.0 1 1

PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
A SMITH 17-38-149 3 0 21 J HARRINGT 14-25-138 1 0 23

Sacked-Yards Lost: A SMITH 2-14. Sacked-Yards Lost: J HARRINGT 1-7.

RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
V DAVIS 7 77 11.0 21 0 J HORN 4 23 5.8 7 0
A BATTLE 4 35 8.8 13 0 R WHITE 3 55 18.3 22 0
D JACKSON 2 21 10.5 12 0 M JENKINS 2 31 15.5 23 0
M ROBINSON 2 2 1.0 3 0 D BLAKELY 2 10 5.0 7 0
M NORRIS 1 11 11.0 11 0 M MILNER 2 9 4.5 9 0
M HICKS 1 3 3.0 3 0 L ROBINSON 1 10 10.0 10 0

INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
M LEWIS 1 18 18.0 18 0 D HALL 1 18 18.0 18 0
J WILLIAMS 1 11 11.0 11 0
L MILLOY 1 5 5.0 5 0

PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
A LEE 5 251 50.2 0 3 59 M KOENEN 6 265 44.2 0 2 53

T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20

PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
M LEWIS 4 27 6.8 15 0 A JENNINGS 2 23 11.5 23 0

KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
M LEWIS 3 52 17.3 24 0 J NORWOOD 4 96 24.0 30 0
A JENNINGS 1 28 28.0 28 0

KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA
---------------------------------- ----------------------------------
J NEDNEY 1/1 3/3 M ANDERSEN 2/2 2/2
Dist.: 49 32 22 Dist.: 33 27

O-D O-D
FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
A SMITH 1 1 0 0-0 J ABRAHAM 0 0 1 0-0
M ROBINSON 1 0 0 0-0 M BOLEY 0 0 1 0-0
V DAVIS 0 0 0 1-0 M STANLEY 0 0 0 0-1

DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
P WILLIS 10 8 2 1-7 M BOLEY 10 9 1 0-0
M LEWIS 6 6 0 0-0 L MILLOY 8 6 2 0-0
N CLEMENTS 5 5 0 0-0 K BROOKING 6 6 0 1-8
J ULBRICH 5 4 1 0-0 C CROCKER 5 5 0 0-0
M ROMAN 4 4 0 0-0 D HALL 4 3 1 0-0
P HARALSON 4 4 0 0-0 D WILLIAMS 4 2 2 0-0
M DOUGLAS 4 3 1 0-0 C HOUSTON 3 3 0 0-0
A FRANKLIN 4 3 1 0-0 J ABRAHAM 2 2 0 1-6
B YOUNG 3 3 0 0-0 C DAVIS 2 2 0 0-0
S SPENCER 3 3 0 0-0 J WILLIAMS 2 2 0 0-0
D SMITH 2 2 0 0-0 L SANDERS 1 1 0 0-0
D STRICKLAND 2 2 0 0-0 M STANLEY 1 1 0 0-0
T BANTA-CAIN 1 1 0 0-0 T LEWIS 1 1 0 0-0
B MOORE 1 1 0 0-0
D GOLDSON 1 1 0 0-0

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<div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
SAN FRANCISCO 7 0 6 3 16
ATLANTA 7 7 0 6 20 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER:

5:50 SFO - TD, MAURICE HICKS 9 YD RUN (JOE NEDNEY KICK).
Drive: 10 plays, 59 yards in 4:48.
Key plays: A Smith 13-yard pass to Battle on 3rd-and-11 to Atlanta
32; A Smith 11-yard pass to Davis to Atlanta 21. SAN FRANCISCO 7-0.
10:11 ATL - TD, WARRICK DUNN 9 YD RUN (MORTEN ANDERSEN KICK).
Drive: 9 plays, 70 yards in 4:21.
Key plays: Harrington 23-yard pass to Jenkins on 3rd-and-8 to San
Francisco 29; Dunn 11-yard run to San Francisco 18. SAN FRANCISCO 7-7.

2ND QUARTER:

11:12 ATL - TD, OVIE MUGHELLI 1 YD RUN (MORTEN ANDERSEN KICK).
Drive: 12 plays, 42 yards in 5:55.
Key plays: Jennings 23-yard punt return to San Francisco 42;
Harrington 6-yard pass to Horn on 4th-and-4 to San Francisco 30;
Harrington 20-yard pass to White on 3rd-and-19 to San Francisco 19;
Norwood 9-yard run on 3rd-and-3 to San Francisco 3. ATLANTA 14-7.

3RD QUARTER:

2:52 SFO - FG, JOE NEDNEY 49 YD.
Drive: 6 plays, 29 yards in 2:52.
Key plays: Koenen kickoff out of bounds puts ball at San Francisco
40; A Smith 20-yard pass to Davis to Atlanta 36. ATLANTA 14-10.
7:06 SFO - FG, JOE NEDNEY 32 YD.
Drive: 5 plays, 19 yards in 2:21.
Key plays: M Lewis 18-yard interception return to Atlanta 33;
Robinson 12-yard run to Atlanta 21. ATLANTA 14-13.

4TH QUARTER:

0:48 ATL - FG, MORTEN ANDERSEN 33 YD.
Drive: 5 plays, 21 yards in 1:57.
Key plays: Stanley recovery of fumble at San Francisco 36;
Harrington 13-yard run to San Francisco 23. ATLANTA 17-13.
7:04 SFO - FG, JOE NEDNEY 22 YD.
Drive: 11 plays, 73 yards in 6:16.
Key plays: A Smith 21-yard pass to Davis on 3rd-and-4 to midfield;
Hicks 14-yard run to Atlanta 30; Robnison 20-yard run to Atlanta 10.
ATLANTA 17-16.
13:50 ATL - FG, MORTEN ANDERSEN 27 YD.
Drive: 4 plays, 6 yards in 1:06.
Key plays: Hall 18-yard interception return to San Francisco 15.
ATLANTA 20-16.

SAN FRANCISCO - ATLANTA Final Statistics

TEAM STATISTICS SAN FRANCISCO ATLANTA

FIRST DOWNS 16 15
Rushing 6 8
Passing 10 7
Penalty 0 0
THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 3-13-23% 6-16-38%
FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-0-0% 1-2-50%
TOTAL NET YARDS 251 286
Total offensive plays 64 65
Average gain per play 3.9 4.4
NET YARDS RUSHING 116 155
Rushing attempts 24 39
Average gain per rush 4.8 4.0
Tackles for loss-yards 5-11 3-7
NET YARDS PASSING 135 131
Times sacked: Number-Yards 2-14 1-7
Gross passing yards 149 138
PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 38-17-3 25-14-1
Avg gain per pass play 3.4 5.0
KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 5-4-0 5-2-1
PUNTS: Number and Average 5-50.2 6-44.2
Had blocked 0 0
Net punting average 44.8 40.3
TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 45 57
Number-Yards: Punt Returns 4-27 2-23
Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 3-52 5-124
Number-Yards: Interception Returns 1-18 3-34
PENALTIES: Number-Yards 4-30 5-31
FUMBLES: Number-Lost 2-1 0-0
TOUCHDOWNS 1 2
Rushing 1 2
Passing 0 0
Interceptions 0 0
Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0
EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 1-1 2-2
Kicking: Made-Attempts 1-1 2-2
Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 3-3 2-2
FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0
RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 1-3-33% 2-4-50%
GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 1-2-50% 1-1-100%
SAFETIES 0 0
TIME OF POSSESSION 29:18 30:42


INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

SAN FRANCISCO ATLANTA

RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
M ROBINSON 17 67 3.9 20 0 W DUNN 27 100 3.7 21 1
M HICKS 7 49 7.0 17 1 J NORWOOD 6 39 6.5 13 0
J HARRINGT 4 14 3.5 13 0
O MUGHELLI 2 2 1.0 1 1

PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
A SMITH 17-38-149 3 0 21 J HARRINGT 14-25-138 1 0 23

Sacked-Yards Lost: A SMITH 2-14. Sacked-Yards Lost: J HARRINGT 1-7.

RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
V DAVIS 7 77 11.0 21 0 J HORN 4 23 5.8 7 0
A BATTLE 4 35 8.8 13 0 R WHITE 3 55 18.3 22 0
D JACKSON 2 21 10.5 12 0 M JENKINS 2 31 15.5 23 0
M ROBINSON 2 2 1.0 3 0 D BLAKELY 2 10 5.0 7 0
M NORRIS 1 11 11.0 11 0 M MILNER 2 9 4.5 9 0
M HICKS 1 3 3.0 3 0 L ROBINSON 1 10 10.0 10 0

INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
M LEWIS 1 18 18.0 18 0 D HALL 1 18 18.0 18 0
J WILLIAMS 1 11 11.0 11 0
L MILLOY 1 5 5.0 5 0

PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
A LEE 5 251 50.2 0 3 59 M KOENEN 6 265 44.2 0 2 53

T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20

PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
M LEWIS 4 27 6.8 15 0 A JENNINGS 2 23 11.5 23 0

KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
M LEWIS 3 52 17.3 24 0 J NORWOOD 4 96 24.0 30 0
A JENNINGS 1 28 28.0 28 0

KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA
---------------------------------- ----------------------------------
J NEDNEY 1/1 3/3 M ANDERSEN 2/2 2/2
Dist.: 49 32 22 Dist.: 33 27

O-D O-D
FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
A SMITH 1 1 0 0-0 J ABRAHAM 0 0 1 0-0
M ROBINSON 1 0 0 0-0 M BOLEY 0 0 1 0-0
V DAVIS 0 0 0 1-0 M STANLEY 0 0 0 0-1

DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
P WILLIS 10 8 2 1-7 M BOLEY 10 9 1 0-0
M LEWIS 6 6 0 0-0 L MILLOY 8 6 2 0-0
N CLEMENTS 5 5 0 0-0 K BROOKING 6 6 0 1-8
J ULBRICH 5 4 1 0-0 C CROCKER 5 5 0 0-0
M ROMAN 4 4 0 0-0 D HALL 4 3 1 0-0
P HARALSON 4 4 0 0-0 D WILLIAMS 4 2 2 0-0
M DOUGLAS 4 3 1 0-0 C HOUSTON 3 3 0 0-0
A FRANKLIN 4 3 1 0-0 J ABRAHAM 2 2 0 1-6
B YOUNG 3 3 0 0-0 C DAVIS 2 2 0 0-0
S SPENCER 3 3 0 0-0 J WILLIAMS 2 2 0 0-0
D SMITH 2 2 0 0-0 L SANDERS 1 1 0 0-0
D STRICKLAND 2 2 0 0-0 M STANLEY 1 1 0 0-0
T BANTA-CAIN 1 1 0 0-0 T LEWIS 1 1 0 0-0
B MOORE 1 1 0 0-0
D GOLDSON 1 1 0 0-0

Officials: Referee-Bill Carollo, Umpire-Bill Schuster, Head
Linesman-Mark Baltz, Line Judge-Gary Arthur, Field Judge-Bill Lovett,
Side Judge-James Coleman, Back Judge-Kirk Dorman.

Att: 66,049 Time of Game: 3:06</div>

 

By Phil Foley
PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer


ATLANTA (Ticker) -- In a battle between two struggling clubs, theAtlanta Falcons prevailed.


Warrick Dunn found the end zone and the Atlanta defense stymiedthe San Francisco 49ers on a key drive in the fourth quarter tolead the Falcons to a 20-16 win on Sunday.


Atlanta (2-6) entered this one with the second-worst record inthe NFC, winning just one of its first seven games. Meanwhile,San Francisco (2-6) has also struggled through the 2007campaign, dropping five straight after opening the season with apair of victories.


The Atlanta defense made sure that the Niners' woes continued.

"Our defense is the best," fullback Ovie Mughelli said. "Wedon't have to worry about them. We couldn't have won this gamewithout them."


With Atlanta leading 14-13, three-time Pro Bowl right end John<div class="pre">Abraham, forced a fumble after sacking 49ers quarterback Alex</div>Smith. Nose tackle Montavious Stanley recovered the miscue atthe Falcons 36.


Morten Andersen connected on a 33-yard field goal to giveAtlanta a 17-13 lead with 14:12 remaining in the fourth quarter.

San Francisco marched 77 yards on the ensuing possession, butwas stymied at the 1-yard line when Lawyer Malloy tackledrunning back Michael Robinson on a 3rd-and-goal for a three-yardloss, forcing a 22-yard field goal from Joe Nedney to cut thedeficit to 17-16.


"(Defensive coordinator Mike) Zimmer sent in an outstandingplay," Malloy said. "He called my number in a crucialsituation. As a leader on this team, when your number is called,you have to produce."


"We did a good job pressuring," Abraham said. "The big thingwas not letting the lead slip."


On the 49ers' next possession, Keith Brooking sacked Smithbefore DeAngelo Hall intercepted Smith. Anderson added a27-yard field goal to seal the win.


"I was able to get my hand on the ball a couple of times," Hallsaid. "I was able to grab one." It was a rough day for Smith,who completed 17-of-38 passes for 149 yards. The former Utahquarterback capped his night by tossing his third interceptionto safety Jimmy Williams with nine seconds remaining.

"For all of us, (losing's) hard to take," Smith said. "Sixlosses (in a row) is hard for any team. It's very frustrating.We're trying to figure it out."


San Francisco coach Mike Nolan also is frustrated.

"We have to keep fighting and continue to work hard," Nolansaid. "We are not gelling, obviously. ... Overall, the turnoverswere a disappointment, but Alex continues to fight and playhard."


It looked like the Niners had the Falcons figured out early onas Smith engineered a 10 play, 59-yard drive on the 49ersopening drive to open the scoring.


The third-year standout completed 4-of-6 passes, including acrucial 13-yard pass to Arnaz Battle on 3rd and 11 to keep thedrive alive before running back Maurice Hicks, playing in placeof the injured Frank Gore, rumbled nine yards over left tacklefor the touchdown to give the 49ers a 7-0 lead with 9:10remaining in the first quarter.


But Atlanta answered right back. Dunn capped a nine play, 70yard drive with a touchdown with 4:41 remaining in the quarterby bouncing off tackle and streaking down the left side for a9-yard touchdown. The 32-year old Dunn, who is in his sixthseason with the Falcons rushed seven times for 47 yards en routeto notching his 45th career touchdown.


Dunn, who had struggled this season, rushed for 100 yards on 27carries en route to reaching the century mark for the first timethis year.


"I didn't really know (that I was close to 100 yards) until thefourth quarter, when I realized I had 98 yards," Dunn said. "Anyback, you want to run for 100 yards. It felt good. Now I'mgoing to have to spend some money on the (offensive) line."

The Falcons took a 14-7 lead on Mughelli's 1-yard touchdownscamper with 3:48 seconds remaining in the second quarter. Itwas the first touchdown as a Falcon for Mughelli, who found theend zone twice in four years with the Baltimore Ravens.

The much-maligned Joey Harrington converted three times in thirdor fourth-down situations, including a 6-yard pass to widereceiver Joe Horn on 4th-and-4 to the 49ers 30 and a 20-yardcompletion to wideout Roddy White to the San Francisco 19 tokeep the drive alive.


Harrington completed 14-of-25 passes for 138 yards and aninterception.


San Francisco started the second half with two field goals byNedney, a 49 yarder and a 32 yarder to cut the deficit to 14-13.Michael Lewis set up the second field goal by interceptingHarrington and scampering 18 yards to the Falcons 33.

Atlanta failed to fill the Georgia Dome for the first time sinceDecember 23, 2001 vs. Buffalo, in quarterback Michael Vick'sfirst season with the club.


With the club struggling and their franchise quarterbacksuspended indefinitely by the league while awaiting sentencingon federal dogfighting charges, Atlanta returned to the bad olddays when empty seats were the norm. Only 66,059 showed up towatch the struggling Falcons in this one, snapping a 42-gameregular-season sellout streak.


"We wanted to make sure the fans stayed in their seats, so weput in an entire day of work to get the win," Falcons coachBobby Petrino said. "It was a good win. You have to feel goodabout seeing the hard work pay off. There's no doubt that it wasgood to get the win."

 

By Phil Foley
PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer


ATLANTA (Ticker) -- In a battle between two struggling clubs, theAtlanta Falcons prevailed.


Warrick Dunn found the end zone and the Atlanta defense stymiedthe San Francisco 49ers on a key drive in the fourth quarter tolead the Falcons to a 20-16 win on Sunday.


Atlanta (2-6) entered this one with the second-worst record inthe NFC, winning just one of its first seven games. Meanwhile,San Francisco (2-6) has also struggled through the 2007campaign, dropping five straight after opening the season with apair of victories.


The Atlanta defense made sure that the Niners' woes continued.

"Our defense is the best," fullback Ovie Mughelli said. "Wedon't have to worry about them. We couldn't have won this gamewithout them."


With Atlanta leading 14-13, three-time Pro Bowl right end John<div class="pre">Abraham, forced a fumble after sacking 49ers quarterback Alex</div>Smith. Nose tackle Montavious Stanley recovered the miscue atthe Falcons 36.


Morten Andersen connected on a 33-yard field goal to giveAtlanta a 17-13 lead with 14:12 remaining in the fourth quarter.

San Francisco marched 77 yards on the ensuing possession, butwas stymied at the 1-yard line when Lawyer Malloy tackledrunning back Michael Robinson on a 3rd-and-goal for a three-yardloss, forcing a 22-yard field goal from Joe Nedney to cut thedeficit to 17-16.


"(Defensive coordinator Mike) Zimmer sent in an outstandingplay," Malloy said. "He called my number in a crucialsituation. As a leader on this team, when your number is called,you have to produce."


"We did a good job pressuring," Abraham said. "The big thingwas not letting the lead slip."


On the 49ers' next possession, Keith Brooking sacked Smithbefore DeAngelo Hall intercepted Smith. Anderson added a27-yard field goal to seal the win.


"I was able to get my hand on the ball a couple of times," Hallsaid. "I was able to grab one." It was a rough day for Smith,who completed 17-of-38 passes for 149 yards. The former Utahquarterback capped his night by tossing his third interceptionto safety Jimmy Williams with nine seconds remaining.

"For all of us, (losing's) hard to take," Smith said. "Sixlosses (in a row) is hard for any team. It's very frustrating.We're trying to figure it out."


San Francisco coach Mike Nolan also is frustrated.

"We have to keep fighting and continue to work hard," Nolansaid. "We are not gelling, obviously. ... Overall, the turnoverswere a disappointment, but Alex continues to fight and playhard."


It looked like the Niners had the Falcons figured out early onas Smith engineered a 10 play, 59-yard drive on the 49ersopening drive to open the scoring.


The third-year standout completed 4-of-6 passes, including acrucial 13-yard pass to Arnaz Battle on 3rd and 11 to keep thedrive alive before running back Maurice Hicks, playing in placeof the injured Frank Gore, rumbled nine yards over left tacklefor the touchdown to give the 49ers a 7-0 lead with 9:10remaining in the first quarter.


But Atlanta answered right back. Dunn capped a nine play, 70yard drive with a touchdown with 4:41 remaining in the quarterby bouncing off tackle and streaking down the left side for a9-yard touchdown. The 32-year old Dunn, who is in his sixthseason with the Falcons rushed seven times for 47 yards en routeto notching his 45th career touchdown.


Dunn, who had struggled this season, rushed for 100 yards on 27carries en route to reaching the century mark for the first timethis year.


"I didn't really know (that I was close to 100 yards) until thefourth quarter, when I realized I had 98 yards," Dunn said. "Anyback, you want to run for 100 yards. It felt good. Now I'mgoing to have to spend some money on the (offensive) line."

The Falcons took a 14-7 lead on Mughelli's 1-yard touchdownscamper with 3:48 seconds remaining in the second quarter. Itwas the first touchdown as a Falcon for Mughelli, who found theend zone twice in four years with the Baltimore Ravens.

The much-maligned Joey Harrington converted three times in thirdor fourth-down situations, including a 6-yard pass to widereceiver Joe Horn on 4th-and-4 to the 49ers 30 and a 20-yardcompletion to wideout Roddy White to the San Francisco 19 tokeep the drive alive.


Harrington completed 14-of-25 passes for 138 yards and aninterception.


San Francisco started the second half with two field goals byNedney, a 49 yarder and a 32 yarder to cut the deficit to 14-13.Michael Lewis set up the second field goal by interceptingHarrington and scampering 18 yards to the Falcons 33.

Atlanta failed to fill the Georgia Dome for the first time sinceDecember 23, 2001 vs. Buffalo, in quarterback Michael Vick'sfirst season with the club.


With the club struggling and their franchise quarterbacksuspended indefinitely by the league while awaiting sentencingon federal dogfighting charges, Atlanta returned to the bad olddays when empty seats were the norm. Only 66,059 showed up towatch the struggling Falcons in this one, snapping a 43-gameregular-season sellout streak.


"We wanted to make sure the fans stayed in their seats, so weput in an entire day of work to get the win," Falcons coachBobby Petrino said. "It was a good win. You have to feel goodabout seeing the hard work pay off. There's no doubt that it wasgood to get the win."

 

NFL: SAN FRANCISCO at ATLANTA

<div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
SAN FRANCISCO 7 0 6 3 16
ATLANTA 7 7 0 6 20 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER:

5:50 SFO - TD, MAURICE HICKS 9 YD RUN (JOE NEDNEY KICK).
Drive: 10 plays, 59 yards in 4:48.
Key plays: A Smith 13-yard pass to Battle on 3rd-and-11 to Atlanta
32; A Smith 11-yard pass to Davis to Atlanta 21. SAN FRANCISCO 7-0.
10:11 ATL - TD, WARRICK DUNN 9 YD RUN (MORTEN ANDERSEN KICK).
Drive: 9 plays, 70 yards in 4:21.
Key plays: Harrington 23-yard pass to Jenkins on 3rd-and-8 to San
Francisco 29; Dunn 11-yard run to San Francisco 18. SAN FRANCISCO 7-7.

2ND QUARTER:

11:12 ATL - TD, OVIE MUGHELLI 1 YD RUN (MORTEN ANDERSEN KICK).
Drive: 12 plays, 42 yards in 5:55.
Key plays: Jennings 23-yard punt return to San Francisco 42;
Harrington 6-yard pass to Horn on 4th-and-4 to San Francisco 30;
Harrington 20-yard pass to White on 3rd-and-19 to San Francisco 19;
Norwood 9-yard run on 3rd-and-3 to San Francisco 3. ATLANTA 14-7.

3RD QUARTER:

2:52 SFO - FG, JOE NEDNEY 49 YD.
Drive: 6 plays, 29 yards in 2:52.
Key plays: Koenen kickoff out of bounds puts ball at San Francisco
40; A Smith 20-yard pass to Davis to Atlanta 36. ATLANTA 14-10.
7:06 SFO - FG, JOE NEDNEY 32 YD.
Drive: 5 plays, 19 yards in 2:21.
Key plays: M Lewis 18-yard interception return to Atlanta 33;
Robinson 12-yard run to Atlanta 21. ATLANTA 14-13.

4TH QUARTER:

0:48 ATL - FG, MORTEN ANDERSEN 33 YD.
Drive: 5 plays, 21 yards in 1:57.
Key plays: Stanley recovery of fumble at San Francisco 36;
Harrington 13-yard run to San Francisco 23. ATLANTA 17-13.
7:04 SFO - FG, JOE NEDNEY 22 YD.
Drive: 11 plays, 73 yards in 6:16.
Key plays: A Smith 21-yard pass to Davis on 3rd-and-4 to midfield;
Hicks 14-yard run to Atlanta 30; Robnison 20-yard run to Atlanta 10.
ATLANTA 17-16.
13:50 ATL - FG, MORTEN ANDERSEN 27 YD.
Drive: 4 plays, 6 yards in 1:06.
Key plays: Hall 18-yard interception return to San Francisco 15.
ATLANTA 20-16.

SAN FRANCISCO - ATLANTA Final Statistics

TEAM STATISTICS SAN FRANCISCO ATLANTA

FIRST DOWNS 16 15
Rushing 6 8
Passing 10 7
Penalty 0 0
THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 3-13-23% 6-16-38%
FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-0-0% 1-2-50%
TOTAL NET YARDS 251 286
Total offensive plays 64 65
Average gain per play 3.9 4.4
NET YARDS RUSHING 116 155
Rushing attempts 24 39
Average gain per rush 4.8 4.0
Tackles for loss-yards 5-11 3-7
NET YARDS PASSING 135 131
Times sacked: Number-Yards 2-14 1-7
Gross passing yards 149 138
PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 38-17-3 25-14-1
Avg gain per pass play 3.4 5.0
KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 5-4-0 5-2-1
PUNTS: Number and Average 5-50.2 6-44.2
Had blocked 0 0
Net punting average 44.8 40.3
TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 45 57
Number-Yards: Punt Returns 4-27 2-23
Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 3-52 5-124
Number-Yards: Interception Returns 1-18 3-34
PENALTIES: Number-Yards 4-30 5-31
FUMBLES: Number-Lost 2-1 0-0
TOUCHDOWNS 1 2
Rushing 1 2
Passing 0 0
Interceptions 0 0
Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0
EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 1-1 2-2
Kicking: Made-Attempts 1-1 2-2
Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 3-3 2-2
FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0
RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 1-3-33% 2-4-50%
GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 1-2-50% 1-1-100%
SAFETIES 0 0
TIME OF POSSESSION 29:18 30:42


INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

SAN FRANCISCO ATLANTA

RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
M ROBINSON 17 67 3.9 20 0 W DUNN 27 100 3.7 21 1
M HICKS 7 49 7.0 17 1 J NORWOOD 6 39 6.5 13 0
J HARRINGT 4 14 3.5 13 0
O MUGHELLI 2 2 1.0 1 1

PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
A SMITH 17-38-149 3 0 21 J HARRINGT 14-25-138 1 0 23

Sacked-Yards Lost: A SMITH 2-14. Sacked-Yards Lost: J HARRINGT 1-7.

RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
V DAVIS 7 77 11.0 21 0 J HORN 4 23 5.8 7 0
A BATTLE 4 35 8.8 13 0 R WHITE 3 55 18.3 22 0
D JACKSON 2 21 10.5 12 0 M JENKINS 2 31 15.5 23 0
M ROBINSON 2 2 1.0 3 0 D BLAKELY 2 10 5.0 7 0
M NORRIS 1 11 11.0 11 0 M MILNER 2 9 4.5 9 0
M HICKS 1 3 3.0 3 0 L ROBINSON 1 10 10.0 10 0

INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
M LEWIS 1 18 18.0 18 0 D HALL 1 18 18.0 18 0
J WILLIAMS 1 11 11.0 11 0
L MILLOY 1 5 5.0 5 0

PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
A LEE 5 251 50.2 0 3 59 M KOENEN 6 265 44.2 0 2 53

T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20

PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
M LEWIS 4 27 6.8 15 0 A JENNINGS 2 23 11.5 23 0

KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
M LEWIS 3 52 17.3 24 0 J NORWOOD 4 96 24.0 30 0
A JENNINGS 1 28 28.0 28 0

KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA
---------------------------------- ----------------------------------
J NEDNEY 1/1 3/3 M ANDERSEN 2/2 2/2
Dist.: 49 32 22 Dist.: 33 27

O-D O-D
FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
A SMITH 1 1 0 0-0 J ABRAHAM 0 0 1 0-0
M ROBINSON 1 0 0 0-0 M BOLEY 0 0 1 0-0
V DAVIS 0 0 0 1-0 M STANLEY 0 0 0 0-1

DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
P WILLIS 10 7 3 .5-3.5 M BOLEY 10 9 1 0-0
M LEWIS 6 6 0 0-0 L MILLOY 8 6 2 0-0
N CLEMENTS 5 5 0 0-0 K BROOKING 6 6 0 1-8
P HARALSON 5 4 1 .5-3.5 C CROCKER 5 5 0 0-0
J ULBRICH 5 4 1 0-0 D HALL 4 3 1 0-0
M ROMAN 4 4 0 0-0 D WILLIAMS 4 2 2 0-0
M DOUGLAS 4 3 1 0-0 C HOUSTON 3 3 0 0-0
A FRANKLIN 4 3 1 0-0 J ABRAHAM 2 2 0 1-6
B YOUNG 3 3 0 0-0 C DAVIS 2 2 0 0-0
S SPENCER 3 3 0 0-0 J WILLIAMS 2 2 0 0-0
D SMITH 2 2 0 0-0 L SANDERS 1 1 0 0-0
D STRICKLAND 2 2 0 0-0 M STANLEY 1 1 0 0-0
T BANTA-CAIN 1 1 0 0-0 T LEWIS 1 1 0 0-0
B MOORE 1 1 0 0-0
D GOLDSON 1 1 0 0-0

Officials: Referee-Bill Carollo, Umpire-Bill Schuster, Head
Linesman-Mark Baltz, Line Judge-Gary Arthur, Field Judge-Bill Lovett,
Side Judge-James Coleman, Back Judge-Kirk Dorman.

Att: 66,049 Time of Game: 3:06</div>

 

NFL: SAN FRANCISCO at ATLANTA

<div class="pre">NFL SAN FRANCISCO AT ATLANTA
NOTE: RESENDING BOX TO CORRECT SACKS FOR HARALSON AND
WILLIS.</div>